Beautiful Bitch (Beautiful Bastard #1.5) by Christina Lauren

Just when Chloe’s career starts to take off, Bennett wishes it would all slow down long enough to spend a wild night alone with his girlfriend. But after he refuses to take no for an answer, Chloe and Bennett find themselves with two plane tickets, one French Villa, and a surprising conversation that, predictably, leaves them wrestling under the covers.

Hello guys! Me again! What?! back so soon, you ask? Well this goodie was only 3 or so hours via audiobook (a "novella" if you're reading it? IDK!) so it was a quick little listen and boy was it fun! It would have almost been better to have listened to this one BEFORE book #2- Beautiful Stranger as it mentions Max and Sarah in it, which was kinda fun. Not sure why they chose to release it the way they did, # 2, then #1.5... sort of strange... but it worked anyway! I'm madly in love with anything these two (Christina and Lauren) write, so for me, this was just fun and awesome, I really enjoyed the "quickie"! LOL! And it was that! It was read by the familiar Grace Grant, who reads the others, but this one was paired with a male reader named Kirby Heybourne, whom was a decent narrator. This was mostly from Bennett's perspective, so the reader did a fine job doing the male voice! Anyway, this was a super fun listen, once again, this series hasn't let me down. It's a shame it was just a little short story, but it was still great! :)

Absolutely deserves....

Next up....

Tiger Magic (Shifters Unbound, #5)

Ashley, Jennifer

Soon! Beautiful Bitch by Christina Lauren!

Beautiful Stranger (Beautiful Bastard #2) by Christina Lauren

YES, I've listened to this book on audio and YES this post contains spoilers, as I am reviewing a book!! LOL! may contain questionable language, discretion is advised! Excerpt below from Good Reads.}

 

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Beautiful Stranger (Beautiful Bastard #2)

by Christina Lauren (Goodreads Author)

4.29 of 5 stars 4.29  ·   rating details  ·  6,940 ratings  ·  834 reviews

A charming British Playboy. A girl determined to finally live. And a secret liaison revealed in all too vivid color. Book two in the NYT Bestselling series. 
Escaping a cheating ex, finance whiz Sara Dillon's moved to New York City and is looking for excitement without a lot of strings attached. So meeting the irresistible, sexy Brit at a dance club should have meant nothing more than a night's fun. But the manner--and speed--with which he melts her inhibitions turns him from a one-time hookup and into her Beautiful Stranger.
The whole city knows Max Stella loves women, not that he's ever found one he particularly wants to keep around. Despite pulling in plenty with his Wall Street bad boy charm, it's not until Sara--and the wild photos she lets him take of her--that he starts wondering if there's someone for him outside of the bedroom.
Hooking up in places where anybody could catch them, the only thing scarier for Sara than getting caught in public is having Max get too close in private.

Hello, hello! So, I just finished this book a little bit ago, and am ready for my review, Mr. DeMille! ;) Just like the first book in this amazing little series, Beautiful Stranger was AWE-SOME! Only have 1 mehhh thing to say about it... It was sooo SHORT! I could have listened to this book for days, weeks!!! I think I thought the first book was relatively short too, if I remember correctly, but this one was set up with male and female narration and although I've recently said this sometimes is off putting, it REALLY worked in this book and I mean REALLY worked! ;) The male reader who does the voice of Max is just BRILLIANT! His accent almost sounded more scot/irish kinda, but I really enjoyed it, and had never heard of a Jonathan R. Cole before now! He's a great reader! Loved his voice for this book! And Grace Grant read the female perspective in the book, which she also read Beautiful Bastard, the book before this one in this series. It was really cool because the story isn't so much as a "sequel" but it does mention Chloe and Bennett from the first book! Just loved it! It wasn't quite as clever and witty as the first one, this one was much more lovey dovey and had a more "love" undertone, which was pretty much the opposite of Beautiful Bastard, lol! That one was gritty, grungy, dirty and just filthy... this one had its filthy little moments, Sara was quite naughty in her own right, but Bennett was much more of a... well, Bastard! LOL! Anyway, anyone who wants a steamy quick read, you should seriously pick up these books! I am absolutely head over heels in love with this series! :)

This one totally deserves:

and I have no idea what is next... I have several loaded up and came across another series I hadn't heard of, so we'll see!

Beautiful Bastard (Beautiful Bastard #1) by Christina Lauren

{YES, I've listened to this book on audio and YES this post contains spoilers, as I am reviewing a book!! LOL! may contain questionable language, discretion is advised! Excerpt below from Good Reads.}

 

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Beautiful Bastard (Beautiful Bastard #1)

by Christina Lauren (Goodreads Author)

4.01 of 5 stars 4.01  ·   rating details  ·  8,006 ratings  ·  1,398 reviews

An ambitious intern.
A perfectionist executive.
And a whole lot of name calling.

Whip-smart, hardworking, and on her way to an MBA, Chloe Mills has only one problem: her boss, Bennett Ryan. He's exacting, blunt, inconsiderate—and completely irresistible. A Beautiful Bastard.

Bennett has returned to Chicago from France to take a vital role in his family's massive media business. He never expected that the assistant who'd been helping him from abroad was the gorgeous, innocently provocative—completely infuriating—creature he now has to see every day. Despite the rumors, he's never been one for a workplace hookup. But Chloe's so tempting he's willing to bend the rules—or outright smash them—if it means he can have her. All over the office.

As their appetites for one another increase to a breaking point, Bennett and Chloe must decide exactly what they're willing to lose in order to win each other. 

Soooo.... I just finished this book a few minutes ago and have been chomping at the bit to get a review of it out of me! LOL! I just copied and pasted the above information from GR and browsed for a short moment, the other reviews posted... and holy smokes, there are people who didn't like this book AT ALL. Fan fiction talk aside, there are people who HATED this book! Well, I am certainly NOT one of those people. I freaking LOVED every second of this book... like seriously! I was laughing, I was gushing (down thar, if you know what I mean *wink nudge*), I was anxious, sad, happy, thrilled... yeah, the whole gambit of emotions! This book seriously made me just HAPPY. I absolutely LOVED the two main characters, and even though I can't relate 100%, I definitely have felt like I've ALMOST felt like Chloe in  the book... ALMOST. I've had that obsessive/possessive feeling before, but alas, the sex was never mind blowing *snort* like it is in this book and it never really lasted all that long either! :P Anywho... I'll just by pass the whole Pro and Con thing with this book because it's ALL "pro" in my opinion. I was so sad it was over, I could literally just listen to this book allllll day and night long! It wasn't really like an "adventure" like a lot of the other books I've been reading lately. It fell along the lines of the whole 50 Shades and Bared To You genre, where it was just sort of like you were reading someone's daily journal or something. I woke up, went to work, fucked my boss, came home, etc. It wasn't as detailed as some of the other AMAZING books I've loved in the past, but I think maybe that is why I liked it so much. There was detail when there needed to be. We didn't need a five page spew about how this particular room looked, but they both walked into it and then the actions and both of them were given plenty of detail that I was kept interested and madly in love with it! :) I honestly, seriously couldn't gush more over this book, it was clever, witty and fun and full of so much attitude! And the narration... ahhh! It was beyond perfection! Grace Grant read the book and she was hilarious and read relatively quickly, so I think that's why it felt like such a short book (not to mention the fact that I had my ear buds in prettttty much 24/7 for this one) but she was amazing! One of the best read books on my list, for sure! Her timing was absolutely perfect, her voice was remotely pleasant, the male voices were spot on, and it was just fantastic! Because, as you know, if you're an audiobook junky like myself, narration can seriously make or break a book! ;) Everything fell into place in this book, it was frustrating, funny, sexier than shit and just plain awesome. Love love love! 

If I could, I would give this book a million stars... to be fair though... I gave it:

And, shortly after the above book finished, I started this one:

Taken by the Night(Brotherhood of Blood, #3)

Smith, Kathryn